tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post3821875606232818532..comments2024-01-25T10:14:06.567-08:00Comments on L.A. Crossword Confidential: S U N D A Y September 26, 2010 Merl Reagle (calendar)Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-46117747177655828922010-09-26T18:48:31.786-07:002010-09-26T18:48:31.786-07:00I found it pretty easy, without really thinking ab...I found it pretty easy, without really thinking about the theme. My only WTF was MAJA but all the downs behaved themselves. PER SE always looks wrong to me but SOPOR was a word I knew. <br /><br />The double line theme answer was a clean fill for the second line so really allowed me to increase my speed. EVIE, WYLIE, NAHA, and EVORA were learning moments. WETA doesn't belong in there, but can't see an easy way to clean that section up.*David*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-48353252310397992192010-09-26T17:33:42.934-07:002010-09-26T17:33:42.934-07:00Since I was able to complete the whole thing with ...Since I was able to complete the whole thing with no look-ups and only two erasures (49D, swell to SHEER for "fine", and 70D, dross to DRECK for "rubbish") I felt compelled to do a little analysis to try and figure out why it was so easy.<br />All I could come up to start with was this: If you can break the theme quickly, (in this case the 2-liner was as close to a freebie as you can get. And the title made it a snap), and the fill isn't atrociously hard (it was mostly just plain atrocious), then things should go well.<br />And then it probably didn't hurt that I was on the Tombstone, AZ website for quite a while last night, or that I wheeze after my less-than-daily walk/jogs, or that I have seen "Shakespeare in Love" (and watched Will writing with a quill) several dozen times.<br /><br /><b>WOTD:</b> MAJA. Simply because I've learned not to write in a 4-letter answer to any Goya-based clue without first checking for a cross that will tell me whether its MAJA or nude. Do I get a Pulitzer Prize now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-39783966931375340472010-09-26T16:16:07.354-07:002010-09-26T16:16:07.354-07:00One of the things I like about doing the Sunday pu...One of the things I like about doing the Sunday puzzle on paper instead of online is reading the constructor's note, in this case a hint from Merl as to the theme.<br /><br />The PERSE/SOPOR cross defeated me. Nothing worse than having only one empty box on the page and not being able to finish it.<br /><br />PG, do you know how many unpublished Reagles remain?John Wolfendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759716236594908137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-2228163473694713382010-09-26T13:33:05.514-07:002010-09-26T13:33:05.514-07:00Took a little longer than usual due to the NW corn...Took a little longer than usual due to the NW corner. LECH crossing with ENOCH hung me up, plus originally having palace instead of CASTLE.<br /><br />But it was entertaining. Thanks Merl and PG.<br /><br />I finished it well before the Dodgers game, but they aren't much to watch these days.JIMMIEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626052240584383873.post-89440288374524669532010-09-26T10:14:40.343-07:002010-09-26T10:14:40.343-07:00Managed to finish without googling, so that's ...Managed to finish without googling, so that's a plus. Took me a long time to "get" the theme, but even then sometimes the Q is replaced by W and sometimes by WH, and I couldn't figure out the difference, if there is one. Nothing too much stands out. OATY crossing WHEATY was cute. Probably a coincidence, but when I googled EVORA after I finished the puzzle I found that it's also a car (Lotus), and it's right next to RENTAL. Even after I was done with the puzzle, I couldn't understand how PERSE meant intrinsic--it took googling it to finally see it as PER SE, which is now obvious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com